Thursday, November 24, 2005

Why Persecuteth Thou Us

How the Left Persecutes Christians in America, and Gets Away with it

American society has become a fertile place for Christian persecution, whether it comes from atheists who disbelieve the obvious evidence contained throughout the universe that testifies to the existence of God, or from other left wing groups whose agenda for America is impeded by the presence of Christianity throughout the nation. The fact is that it is open season for people who hold to their Christian faith, and the traditional values that have long graced American society.

One of the biggest areas of contention has to do with the homosexual activists, and their assault on moral values, family, and marriage. These hardened extremists know that the last big hurdle they have to jump over is marriage and the family, their relentless attacks upon this foundational aspect of society, has caused many in this nation to get off their couches, and take a stand against what they see as a very dangerous proposition, same- sex marriage.

People flocked to the voting booths, and voted their conscious in the last presidential election, and they voted for George W. Bush who they knew would stand with then in opposing this radical attempt at societal takeover. Liberals were shocked by the outcome which left their heads were spinning like tops. More black Americans voted Republican because of this one issue.

All throughout the public arena, Christians are being discriminated against by liberal elitists who control many of the institutions throughout our culture. The media is comprised of mostly socialists liberals, as well as the colleges and universities, they are pushing their anti-American agenda all the way from kindergarten up through the hallowed halls of higher education.Christians are the largest group of endangered species on the North American continent. Why are they so hated? Because Christians believe the Bible which sets forth a strong standard of morality that many find non-believers view as oppressive, when in reality is there to guide and protect us from our own sinful natures. God’s law was given for two main reasons, most Christians are familiar with the first reason which is that God’s law shows us that we are sinners, the second one is not so widely known however, it is simply that God’s law was given to shut peoples mouths from justifying their sinful lives.

Liberals do not want Christians to be informed about the social issues, so they attempt to trample the civil rights of Christian voters by keeping the information out of their hands, a dirty trick played by liberals indeed, but it’s just the icing on the cake, there’s more.

In April 1998, Rev. Patrick Mahoney was arrested for praying on the steps of the Supreme Court.

Tourists visiting Washington D.C. in 1997 were ordered by the police to stop praying in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

In 2003, the National Park Service removed 30 year-old plaques inscribed with Bible verses at Grand Canyon following complaints from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Harassment and Intimidation are two of the tactics liberal socialists use to try at shut down Christians from voicing their beliefs, and sharing their faith. Twelve-year-old Rebecca Higgins was harassed by school authorities in May, 1985, when, after giving a short report on the Bible, she distributed free copies of the New Testament to her classmates. After her report, a math teacher, acting under of the school principal, confiscated the New Testaments. At the end of the school day, the New Testaments were returned. But when Rebecca tried to return the New Testaments to her classmates the next morning, she was ordered to the principal's office where she was "interrogated" about her religious beliefs and told that she had broken the law. Rebecca and her parents sued the school district, and the case eventually settled out of court.

Ross is the founder, and webmaster of usqueers.com, a radical online group of homosexual extremists bent to force the extreme homosexual agenda at all costs, there website reads “We are trying to provide information on this website which is not easily available elsewhere, and to serve as a conduit for communications between those who also have this mission. We do not automatically exclude the validity of any methods for achieving this mission.”

The problem is that most liberals in this country Will not condemn the homosexual activists for their violent behavior, instead many of liberals will make excuses, and attempt to blame the Christians for the hatred focused against them. If this was Jews, blacks, Hispanics, or any other minority, liberals would jump right on the bandwagon with them in denouncement of these acts of domestic terrorism, but because it is Christians who are the target, liberals largely keep silent.

In other words liberals want Christians to keep their faith to themselves, this is a dirty trick liberals have employed for years to con people of faith into not involving themselves in public affairs. Liberals want the playing field all too themselves so they can ram-rod their anti-Christian/anti-American agendas down our throats.

Jesus never told Christians to keep it to themselves, but just the opposite. He instructed his followers to go throughout the whole world preaching the Gospel, and to make disciples of all nations. Christ told his followers not to be ashamed of his before men, or he would be ashamed to them before his heavenly father. Christians are to go boldly as sheep among wolves, with no regard for their earthly lives. Christians are also exhorted in Scripture not to take part in the unfruitful works of darkness that the world is involved in, but to expose their works of darkness by shining the light of the Gospel upon them.

The hatred of the left knows no limits when it comes to Christians, “Atheists and others who hate God despises Christians who help others come to a saving knowledge of Christ.” The Scripture explains that those outside of a relationship with God through Christ are eternal lost; they have been blinded by the God of this world-Satan, and their hearts are hard and darkened.“Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:”

I fear we are just now scratching the surface when it comes to hatred and persecution of Christians, the Scripture tells what we should expect in the last day’s before the second coming of Christ. So it is NO surprise really, that unbelievers are behaving badly in this sort of way, this just means they are close to finding out how wrong they were after all.

So what are Christians to do? Well, stand strong in your faith, don’t let liberals push you around, preach the truth without compromise or excuse, and leave the rest to God. It is a well known fact that the blood of the saints, is the seed of the church. Persecution just makes Christians stronger in their faith, and more bold, and able to endure the fiery darts of the enemy. Persecution makes the church grow by leaps and bounds; actually, a season of persecution in America may be just what the American church needs to get it out from behind the stain glass windows. Let us do what Jesus said to do, pray for those who persecute us, and do good to them that hate us. At the same time Christians must continue to fight the good fight to preserve freedom, liberty, and true justice. Christians must never lay down their weapons because the war has just begun. We have a responsibility to be salt and light is a lost and dying world, let us never abandon our commission, let us never surrender!